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• Greg Lincoln commented  ·  April 27, 2013 9:24 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  It is mind-boggling to me that this wasn't implemented from the start. How can anyone feel secure using Azure with out the ability to set some kind of limit on total charges, especially when experimenting?

• Marius commented  ·  February 26, 2013 2:09 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Have MSDN subscription with monthly usage. Just had a test with Reporting service (one server instance created) and left it on after using it. I have now ~130EUR bill charge. It's completely insane not being able to cap usage if we want. These are not production accounts, so we should be able to master the charge there. Also, how it is possible not to to be able to set usage limit alerts?

• Andy Kerr commented  ·  February 26, 2013 6:17 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Very, very important feature. I'm a test manager, and while I need to ensure we can test Azure functionality thoroughly, I also have a hard cap on my budget. Please, Microsoft, put a spending cap limit in place, and I don't mean your $0 amount on the MSDN subscription!

• Jeff commented  ·  February 7, 2013 8:49 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Subscribers need the ability to cap monthly spend to prevent unexpected overages. When the cap is nearing, the owner should be notified with the option of temporarily increasing the cap. If the cap is not increased, the VMs or web sites should be disabled (NOT DELETED) until the beginning of the next billing cycle.

• Peeyush Singh commented  ·  January 14, 2013 3:09 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Ditto on this feature. It makes selling Azure as the hosting service to my clients much easier for me, as most of them want at least some level of certainty with regards to billing.

  Even if it's something that simply alerts administrator(s) of the account, that would be a good start. An example would be the Azure platform automatically sending an account alert when it's set to predefined percentage thresholds for bandwidth, compute time, etc. That way we, the customers, can be reactive rather than proactive. If a client gets a surprise bill, it becomes much harder to sell further accounts in the future.

  Ideally, the service would be suspended or even possibly degraded when it hits certain usage triggers.

• Adam commented  ·  November 14, 2012 3:40 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  DDOS attacks will use incoming data, outgoing data will normally be limited to http error messages until the server is overloaded to the point it can't respond at all.

  Are you expecting a DDOS attack?

  Incoming data isn't chargeable.

• owen15 commented  ·  November 4, 2012 1:51 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Feature suggestions for spending limit:

  Provide N-Tier max spending limited triggers to auto scale up and down.

  For instance, in a month,
  when it reaches 100$, it should auto scale down to some lever to reduce the fee, and notify the account owner.
  when it reaches 200$, it should auto scale down to some free level or disable the Website or VM, and notify the account owner.

• nerdsharp commented  ·  October 12, 2012 5:59 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I strongly suggest microsoft azure team to implement this feature as soon as possible.

  I want to deploy my new website on Azure, but I don't want to be in the fear of unexpected billing of my credit card.

  This feature is a safe mechanism for the customers.

• jackhinor commented  ·  October 9, 2012 7:08 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  A thread post about this feature in MSDN forum:
  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazurepurchasing/thread/5e979816-0213-478d-99a7-5eb43baffcf1

• johnson commented  ·  October 9, 2012 7:05 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  It is a must requested feature expecially for those who are considering moving their websites from a web-hosting provider to windows azure.
  But there is no any information whether this feature will be available.

• mike commented  ·  October 8, 2012 11:01 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Is it possiable to set a max spending limit $amount of my VISA Credit Card at the bank?

  For example, if my Credit Card limits itself a max spending $amount, can Azure charge me exceed the Credit Card'limit?

• mike commented  ·  October 8, 2012 11:01 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This feature is very important.

  I hope microsoft will implement it in the future.

  For example, suport custermer to set a max spending amount like 10$ per day or 200$ per month.